Maintaining Optimism
So what now? Societal decay is on the horizon. The world is headed in the wrong direction. Climate change, genocide, and fascism are accelerating our demise. Where do we go from here?
I don’t know what the next few years or decades hold in store for us, nor will I pretend to. But, while I don’t have the answers, I do know one thing to be true. Maintaining a sense of hope and optimism will be key for whatever happens next. The past decade, we’ve seen a political party bring out the depravity and nihilism out of people. Fringe, far-right policies have become mainstream, and now instead of fighting for our collective liberation, we are finger pointing and fighting over who to blame.
Third party voters, Latino men, Muslims in Michigan, and so on and so on.
I’ve largely stayed silent on these matters, because I don’t see a path forward here. If we want to develop and continue as a society then we need to have grand, creative visions for the world we want to see. Not data-c…
